17661 – Africa (1767 – 1768) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 17661

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Africa

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 182.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1767

Departure Location: Bristol

Arrival Year: 1768

Arrival Location: Bristol

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: New Calabar

Principal landing location: Savanna la Mar

Number embarked: 230

Number disembarked: 197

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

Richardson,III<>Richardson, David, Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth Century Slave Trade to America: Volume 1, The Years of Expansion, 1698-1729 (Bristol, 1986); Volume 2, The Years of Ascendancy, 1730-1745 (Bristol, 1987); Volume 3, The Years of Decline, 1746-1769 (Bristol, 1991); Volume 4, The Final Years, 1770-1807 (Bristol, 1997), LList, 10 Nov 1767<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 5 Apr 1768<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), Lambert,73,375<>Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975)., BFP22/BI/F4<>University of Melbourne Archives (Melbourne, Australia) Bright Family Papers

17661 – Africa (1767 – 1768)

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Journey

Enslaved people

Outcome

Sources

Individuals (2)

P_10404_1118 - Thomas Sims

P_10404_9996 - John Morgan